And Finally
Matters of Life and Death
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Henry Marsh
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Henry Marsh
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As a neurosurgeon, I lived in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer. But rarely, if ever, did I think about what it would be like if what I witnessed at work every day happened to me. This book is the story of how I became a patient myself.
As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age. But he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and the brain, the beauty of the natural world and his love for his family. Elegiac, candid, luminous and poignant, And Finally is ultimately not so much a book about death, but a book about life and what matters in the end.
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Excellent narration and great reflections
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I always enjoy an author reading his or her own work, as there is undoubtedly a personal passion and understanding that comes through. March, although obviously not a professional actor, read it well enough.
I thought the chapters on the quality of life versus its length and assisted dying the most interesting and worthy of debate and would have bought the book just for these. They were extremely thought-provoking, especially for us readers who are at the latter end of our lives and who have been through cancer treatment.
His reflections on being a surgeon and how his attitude changed once he was a patient and how he would do things differently were he still in practice were also great chapters. Perhaps every newly qualified doctor or nurse should read these.
The chapter telling a fairy story he made up for his granddaughters was boring and, quite honestly, completely irrelevant to the rest of the book. He could have left it at mentioning that he made up stories for them. If I wanted to buy a fairy story I would have looked in the kids' section and found better written ones. Other parts of this book could have done with some serious editing, as there is a fair bit of repetitive rambling in places.
So overall I am glad I spent a credit on this, but wouldn't say it's a 'must get'.
Interesting, but not his best
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Fantastic book
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Brilliant
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Henry Marsh has a very interesting insight into being a patient that every nurse & doctor would benefit from listening to.
Very enjoyable
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